Sunday 8 October 2023

A Knock At The Cabin (2023)

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This is a decently assembled collection of tropes (cabin in the woods, home invasion by kooks, someone says apocalypse is imminent so hard decisions must be made and may or may not be right), and not much more. The performances are solid, though the more naturalistic performances clash with Shyamalan's dialogue, which works best when delivered in quiet deliberation by people like Bruce Willis or Haley Joel Osment. And rather than a yes or no on the apocalypse, the ending plumps for 'probably'.

In a sub-genre where you're competing with Evil Dead 2 and The Cabin In The Woods, you have to go big or go home. A Knock At The Cabin goes medium.

Rating: unremarkable

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